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<h1>True or False.</h1>
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The concept of an <a href="../CONCEPT/expressions.html">expression</a> evaluating to true or false is one of
the corner stones of C. BUT the language derives true and false in an
unusual way.<p>
Basicly there is no boolean value. The number 0 is considered to be false
and all other numbers are considered to be true....<p>

Please consider the following expressions.

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	(1 == 1) 	true
	(1 != 1)	false
	(i  = 1)   	true
	(i  = 0)   	false
	(i  = 1 + 1) 	true
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The first two examples should be clear but the last ones need explanation .<p>
The last three examples assign a value to a variable and a side effect of 
assignment is to return the value assigned, it is <b>this</b> value that is tested 
to be true or false.<p>
Looking at the last example:
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	(i = 1 + 1)
  	(i = 2)
	(2)
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<li>The third expression assigns a value of 1 to <b>i</b>. 1 is considered to 
be true because it is non-zero.
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<li>The fourth expression assigns a value of 0 to <b>i</b>. 0 is considered to 
be false.
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<li>The fith expression assigns a value of 2 to <b>i</b>. 2 is considered to 
be true, because it is non-zero.
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<h2>See Also:</h2>
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<A HREF="../SYNTAX/enum.html">enum keyword</A>
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